How To Configure SSL with Apache Tomcat and IIS 6.0

I was recently asked a question about using SSL with Tomcat on IIS 6.0 and I had to confess that this was something I had never previously tried. So I decided to build a test platform and see if I could get it to work. I started by building an II 6.0 server with Tomcat and the JK 1.2 Connector as documented here : http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/?p=40

You can use any valid SSL certificate (including a self-signed certificate if you like) but in this example I used a 21-day trial SSL certificate from Thawte which you can get from here : http://www.thawte.com